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An investigation into the stretching of materials
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Kate Graham 10 Tees Moor An investigation into the stretching of materials PLANNING I am examining the stretching of materials. I decided that research on Hooke's law, (The law named after Robert Hooke who formulated the law governing elasticity), and more particularly the way elastic bands reacted to stress would help me to do this, so I found as much material as I could, relevant to my investigation, that would help me. This material is at the back of this document. Elasticity is defined as the property or substance in a material that causes the material to resume its previous size and shape after having been stretched (or compressed) by a force, and this is what I have decided to investigate. According to my research below, Hooke's law states that a force applied to an object creates a tension within that object and the stress can cause the material to 'deform'. Stress is directly proportional...
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